Win a $50 Westfield Gift Card  Writing Competition

Are you a budding writer? A would-be social commentator? A critic? A poet? Just someone with an opinion to share?

Welcome to our weekly Writing Challenge, where you’re invited to write on a topic of our choosing.

The best entry of the week will be published on Student Edge.

To enter, simply write a 400-word response of publishable quality to the topic outlined below, in the style of our previous writing challenge responses.

You have one week to submit your entry. The author of the winning article will receive a $50 gift card from Westfield.

Keep it smart, keep it clean and most of all, keep it under three minutes reading time.

Here's a tip: One line answers don't tend to make for an entertaining article (this isn't one of those 25 words or less competitions), so put your thinking caps on and write something you think others will find interesting.

Check out our guide to winning the writing challenge for some dos and don'ts.

This week's topic: Should Australia Ditch the ATAR?

Last week, it was revealed that only 26 per cent of students entered university using an ATAR in 2016. Given how three quarters of students found an alternative pathway into uni, do you think students should still be subjected to the stress of getting an ATAR? Do schools and university need to find a new system?

Deadline: 02/04/2018 11:59:00 PM EST